Will try that this year. I still love to get my hands in the gooey mess we love fresh roasted pumpkin seeds it is the reason the girls still pick pumpkins.
My advice for picking pumpkins w/kids came out of a necessity because of a back injury but has lasted through many years. Tell the kids they can have the biggest pumpkin they can carry. It works until they figure out that if you help your sister you can get a bigger pumpkin just my 2 cents!